Looks fabulous and amazing😍🎄

Your videos are very informative I love the trees

Wondering what scale are your cars like 1:43? Your village looks amazing!

Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to educating new comers. Your videos are gold!

Not helping my addiction!

One of my cats is named Luna. Maybe I need to get that coffee house now lol Thank you for sharing these with us!

Do you think there will be mid year introductions? They said there will be two new series coming from Halloween, the Harvest series is one, what will be the second?

Thank You!

Carl, Thanks for showing these off! I'm cautiously optimistic for the new Trick or Treat Lane piece and the Witch building. I think it will come down to lighting for me as I don't expect Department 56 to branch into the amazing mechanics found in Lemax pieces. The last two buildings I bought from Department 56 were actually due to them being lighting gems, The Kraken House and Monstertini's. I've never really been into Witches as a Halloween genre. They, warewolves, spiders, and zombies have been at the low tier for me. HOWEVER... After discovering your channel, and Doug from Spooky Villages, showcasing just how much both Department 56 and Lemax go all out with this genre, it's changed my tune. Dept 56 The Candy Cauldron and Lemax Wanda's Wicked Cupcakes and Wicked Garden Coven are some of my favs. So I'm looking forward to seeing the new Department 56 Witch building this year. As for everything else... Let's just say... I'm glad Department 56 saved me some money. Only one piece this year stands out to me, the giant 7 inch Skeleton. That's the only Department 56 piece I envision buying this year. Let's just say, I'm at a crossroads Carl in my village collecting. I just don't have the room, or want to alter other rooms, to fit more and more. Sure, it feels good to have all the pieces one wants, and the need to collect everything I want is strong, but I had to come to a realization for me, the fear of hording. You've seen my new Theme Park village. It's gargantuan! The construction of the shelves alone was a huge undertaking for my brother to build, and of course, the expense of buying all the pieces. And if I'm going to spend that kind of money, my village pieces are no longer going to be kept in boxes. They're going to be enjoyed year round. My brother has put up MANY MORE shelves in another room in my house, so I can start displaying everything I have, or at least the majority. Buying more for the sake of just wanting something isn't going to be in my wheelhouse any longer, and that's going to be HARD for me. Shiny new things are always going to beckon and I have to be strong enough to skip things that I don't ABSOLUTELY want. But here's the great thing... The Villaging hobby grows new people year after year, and with so many of them sharing videos on KZbin, I can live vicariously through them. Now, just living vicariously is a lot harder than it sounds, I'm still going to want stuff, but Department 56, Lemax, and others, are really going to have to step up their game. Department 56 pieces can't merely be just "cool" anymore. They're going to have to be EXTRAORDINARY! Not to mention, most likely will have to compete with what I already have. I was lucky to get into Villaging a long time ago, back when things were more reasonably priced. Department 56 has always been expensive, but they've been jumping the shark quite a bit these last few years with these $200+ average building prices. And Ebay has proven that these prices are too darn high. I got both The Kraken House and Monstertini's brand new from third party sellers for under $200 each. Asking $200 for a building better give it the ability to fetch my slippers and make me pizza :) Thanks again Carl for this video and have great one! vgv

Looking pretty good, oh yes, it is spendy. I might only do a few items for sure this time.

Thanks for the info!

I love that Dept 56 is continuing adding more pieces for Hocus Pocus. This one will definitely be one to add to the collection! I don't know if you know this or not, but it is a real house in Salem, MA.

I’m so happy to have found your channel. These are beautiful, thanks for sharing

Love the houses but the prices are out of control. Over $200 for a house. 😳

I’m so excited! I agree on the Hocus Pocus house, it will be a great addition to the spooky mansions of old. And though I don’t do witch hollow, I have to have the brew shop and the awesome cars. Going to be a great trick or treat lane year. Saving up my $$ right now! Also, curious if a one has seen the 2025 releases for the Grinch village…my other weakness.

Thanks Carl. Love some of the new accessories for sure. No 2025 RIP Crypt?

Wow! The Phantom Five are super expensive!

Sweet man...good stuff coming. I betcha you already have ideas for your new villages!!!!

Carl - I know D56 has a history listing of all the village pieces but is there anywhere that breaks down a list of just the Christmas Lane houses that you can direct me to?

Wow what a great variety of Halloween villages. Carl and his wife, Leslie had a tough job trying to pick the winners. All the videos were great and I found some new hints that I will try to implement in next year's contest.

Thank Carl for allowing us to share our hobbies with you and all your viewers. Congratulations to all the winners 🏆

This was fun to participate in. I did enjoy another hobby along the way. I painted my 3d printed Ghostbuster figurines. Time consuming, but fun to paint. I felt Dept 56's Ghostbuster figures were too large and expensive. Carl, have you played with painting "miniatures"? Thanks for hosting this contest and congrats to the winners.

Thanks Carl for posting all of the contest videos...everyone did such a wonderful job! The one thing I noticed in each submission was how detailed their platforms where carved and painted. You can clearly see how much people admire your work. Can't wait for next year!

Hi Carl, thanks so much to you and your wife for this whole process. One question, did you get my video? I didn’t see it here but I did have problems getting it on Utube. (Something I have to work on)

Havnt seen you set ups this year. Been cool to see the winners video

Congratulations to everyone who entered the contest! 🎉 You all put in so much effort & time into your displays. You did great! Carl, thank you so much for everything you do. We’ve learned so much from you in the past year. We’re enjoying our first Trick or Treat Lane this year. We couldn’t have done it without you! We sure are enjoying seeing all of the contestants in your contest. Thanks for taking the time and effort into pulling off your first contest. I’m sure it wasn’t easy! 😅 🎃 Happy Halloween!! 🎃

So nostalgic….i love how you have everything all set up!! Looks amazing!

Thank you for taking the time to run this contest Carl! It was a fun opportunity to learn how to make my first village video. I appreciate all of your lessons through the years and am honored to have won. I have also really enjoyed getting to watch everyone else’s videos. There is definitely a lot of talent on this channel. Thanks again!

Congrats to everyone and thank you for the link list! I've been slowly watching all the submissions on the Facebook page but kept forgetting what ones I watched. (It was fun watching them again though!)

Thank you, Carl. I have SO much more to learn. This is my first year at this. Can't wait for next year.

Congrats to the winners!!! The displays were amazing! Thanks to Carl and his beautiful wife for kicking off this contest and reviewing all of the videos! I loved seeing all of the videos from this group. Great way to connect the community and inspire others to keep creating!!

😳😳😳😳😳 "Oh, the anticipation!"

Thanks!

Very cool piece. The witch is on eBay now for $26.00-350.00 Canadian. Just crazy. 😀

I’m happy to be the 1K person to like this video . I just unlocked a new hobby

Thanks for the video. I just got into this hobby and I am looking to build a haunted city/town and this video helped a lot. Spooky town is great, but some pieces are too cartoonish.

Those villages look like the times between the late 19th century and early 20th century.👍

Beautiful technique and very helpful!

Wow! I suggested the contest but didn't get the chance to join, i was out of the country for a month Mr. Carl next year for sure! I'm excited to see all the admissions❤

At the end of the contest, are you going to list all of the videos so we can see what others have entered?

this is the best thing i have ever seen the front picture was so realistic that i thought it was a real neighborhood omg this prob to like 2hrs! great work!

Love the house and witch. Such details

I can't wait to view the submissions. When will you or are you going to share others' videos?

Lots of great things on your channel to look forward to!! The haunted rails tutorial sounds amazing as I have many of those pieces. Thank you for sharing with all of us! You are so talented and I am looking forward to seeing what others have put together in their villages as well!

It’s been awesome seeing peoples entries in your contest! My wife and I are entering next year! We’re not seeing anything close to 40 entries on your FB page though. Were other entries sent to your email that we cannot see? I’m just wondering, because it’d be great to see them all. 😊 We look forward to seeing the winners on Halloween!! Take care, Carl 🎃🍂🎃

Just getting started and this is AMAZING!! Thank you for making these videos!

I have watched this video a couple times. Love all the manor houses. I just picked up Grimsly Manor, Gravely Estate and The Pumpkin House (Iknkw not a manor house, but will be great in a pumpkin patch area). I swore I was never starting Halloween. Carl you reeled me in buddy. 😂😂. Love Pennywise creeping around in the back. Haha.

WOW

Thanks Carl. You just helped spend more of my money. I saw this release but didn't even consider it for my village until I saw this video. Ugh......I need more storage now. But I'm glad you posted this review.

Beautiful home set up as always! Envious of all your available space for displays! Raven Hill is my absolute favorite aside from Trick or Treat Lane. You have a gift, my friend!